Tag: world history

Babylonia, A history of ancient Babylon (Babylonia) including its cities, laws, kings and legacy to civilization. The International History Project 2004 The Babylonian civilization, which endured from the 18th until the 6th century BC, was, like the Sumerian that preceded it, urban in character, alt ...

Joseph Hooker b. Nov. 13, 1814, Hadley, Mass., U.S.d. Oct. 31, 1879, Garden City, N.Y. Hooker was a Union general in the American Civil War (1861-65) who successfully reorganized the Army of the Potomac in early 1863 but who thereafter earned a seesaw reputation for defeat and victory in battle. A ...

Jews' Last Struggle For Freedom: Their Final DispersionAuthor: Merivale, CharlesJews' Last Struggle For Freedom: Their Final DispersionA.D. 132 IntroductionThe successful revolt of the Maccabees against the bloody persecutionsof the Assyrian king Antiochus Epiphanes, about B.C. 164, inaugurated aglo...

Scipio Africanus Crushes Hannibal At Zama And Subjugates Carthage Author: Livy Scipio Africanus Crushes Hannibal At Zama And Subjugates Carthage B.C. 202 Introduction Sprung from a colony of Tyre, Carthage, rounded about B.C. 800, rapidly developed, through a wonderful system of colonization, int...

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History Of The Conquest Of Mexico, The Aztecs (part eight) The Postclassical Era Book: Chapter 17: The Americas On The Eve Of Invasion Author: Prescott, William H Date: 1992 Analysis and Conclusion Analysis: The "Troubling" Civilizations Of The Americas From the first encounter with the peoples of ...

A History of Ancient Greece The country which is now called Hellas was not regularly settled in ancient times. The people were migratory, and readily left their homes whenever they were overpowered by numbers. There was no commerce, and they could not safely hold intercourse with one another either...

World War One, Letter from Albert SmithFranceOct. 15, 1918.Mr. Mcgregor SmithCookeville, Tenn.Dear "Greg":I received a letter from you a few weeks ago but have not had time to answer for we have been exceedingly busy. We are speedy[?] clearing France of the Huns and making Europe safe for you Kids t...

The Dynamic Culture of the Middle Ages The European High Middle Ages, which lasted from about 1050 to 1300, evoke for many people romantic images of knights in shining armor, magnificent castles, and glorious cathedrals. And to many people, the word medieval (Latin medium aevum; "middle age") wrong...

A History of England Alfred the Great (848?–899) The course of English history would have been very different without King Alfred, renowned both as a statesman and a warrior. He is justly called "the Great." The Saxon Kingdoms and Alfred's Rise During Alfred's time, England consisted of four small S...

World War One, Between the two world wars A strong impulse toward the development of international studies in universities came in the 1920s. New centers, institutes, and schools devoted to teaching and research in international relations were founded. Courses were organized and general textbooks ...

The American Civil War, Abolition, The Movement Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002 There can be no doubt that antislavery, or "abolition" as it came to be called, was the nonpareil reform. Abolition was a diverse phenomenon. At one end of its spectrum was William Lloyd Garrison, an "immediatist," who de...